Bricklayer&#39;s gauge



Dec. 23, 1969 6.1'. YARBRouGl-l 3,484,943

BRICK'LAYER' S GAUGE Filed Oct. 18. 1967 United States Patent()3,484,943 BRICKLAYERS GAUGE Granville Ted Yarbrough, P.0. Box 138,Matthews, Mo. 63867 Filed Oct. 18, 1967, Ser. No. 676,272 Int. CI. G01b5/24, 5/14, 3/30 U.S. Cl. 33-180 3 Claims ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURESUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A masons fingerless glove having a separatethumb receptacle and a leveling member extending rearwardly from thebase of the thumb receptacle and away from the palm of the glove withthe member having length sufcient to extend beneath the heel of thethumb and to overlie the abutting ends of adjacent bricks withoutinterfering with the utilization of the glove hand in the continuedfunction of laying a level course of bricks.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter described and claimed. l

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing in which is shown forms of construction embodying the invention,and in which:

FIG. l is a perspective view of a fingerless glove type bricklayersguage;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the apparatus as shown in FIG. l in use;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of a bricklayers guage;and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the modified form of the bricklayersguage in use.

Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings there is shown a gauge whichincludes a ngerless glove having a complete palm covering section 11 anda partial thumb receiving portion 12. The full length of the handextremities 13 as well as the wrist 14 are free and unencumbered by theglove 10 as well as the leveling gauge 15 hereinafter described.

Carried by the glove 10 is the leveling gauge 15 which is preferably inthe form of an elongated substantially at metallic piece having one end16 reversely bent to form a clip 17 adapted to embrace the outer edge 18of the thumb receiving portion 12 of the glove 10 as seen in FIGS. l and2.

The free end 19 of the clip 17 may project out of a slot 20 formed inthe glove 10` at a point adjacent the junction between the palm coveringsection 11 and the thumb receiving portion 12 in a manner to maintainthe level gauge in a desired relation with respect to the heel of thethumb and the extremities 13 of the hand, while permitting limitedpositioning of the free end 21 of the gauge 15 relative to the glove 10.

In use a mason or bricklayer will place the glove 10 3,484,943 PatentedDec. 23, 1969 on the hand which normally is utilized. in gripping andplacing bricks in desired positions with respect to each other. By theconstruction hereinbefore described the extremities 13 as well as amajor portion of the thumb 22 of such hand is free to grip a brick andposition it during the bricklaying operation. The glove 10 will notinterfere with the free wrist action nor does the invention include anyprotusions which would interfere with the normal free movement of thearm and hand of the mason during a bricklaying operation. As the brick23 to be layed is gripped in the gloved hand the leveling gauge 15 willhave a portion thereof in facial abutment with the top surface 24 ofsuch brick, with its free end 21 extending beyond the abutting end 25 ofsuch brick. The length of the gauge 15 is such that its free end 21 willoverlie the mortar joint 26 between the brick 23 to be laid and theadjacent previously laid brick 27 such that by a slight pressure by theheel of the thumb of the gloved hand upon the leveling gauge 15, themason may be assured of a horizontal alignment of the upper surfaces ofthe bricks as the same are laid in a continuing course.

FIGS. 3 and 4 disclose a modified form of attachment of the levelinggauge to the masons hand. This attachment is in the form of a harness 28including a wrist band 29 adjustably embracing the wrist 14 by means ofa buckle 30. A post member 31 having one end connected in any convenientmanner to the harness 28, extends away from the band 29 and has itsopposite end connected as at 32 to one end of the clip end 33 of theleveling gauge 34.

A thumb ring 35 is connected to the forward end of the leveling gauge 34and is of a size to freely receive the thumb 36 of the masons hand so asto cooperate with the wrist band 29 and post 31 to place the levelinggauge 34 beneath the heel portion 37 of the masons hand as theinstrumentality is utilized as hereinbefore described.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification Without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters -Patent is:

1. A bricklayers gauge including:

(a) a fingerless hand-wearing member having a separate thumb receivingportion and palm covering section,

(b) a leveling gauge carried by said member extending rearwardly awayfrom the palm covering section of the member and beneath the heel of thethumb received in the thumb receiving portion of said member,

(c) a clip for connecting said leveling gauge to a portion of said thumbreceiving portion, said clip formed by a reversely bent end portion ofsaid leveling gauge with the clip embracing an exposed. edge portion ofsaid thumb receiving portion,

(d) said gauge being of a length sufiicient to extend from beneath theheel of the thumb Iand overlap the abutting mortar joint betweensuccessively laid bricks without interfering with the thumb andextremities of the bricklayers hand.

2. The bricklayers gauge as defined by claim 1 wherein said levelinggauge comprises an elongated substantially flat metallic piece, the freeend of which extends away from the palm of the hand audubeneath the heelof the i .Y 3,185,748 6/1965 Moody 33--207 thumb. 3,290,712 12/ 1966Richey.

3. A bricklayers gauge as dened by claim 1 wherein said ngerless memberincludes a harness providing a WILLIAM D- MARTIN, JR Primary Examinerwrist band and a thumb receiving ring with said leveling gauge connectedthereto. Us' CL XR- 33-207 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS2,816,368 12/1957 salopek 33 207 10 2,901,836 9/1959 Hau 33-207

